Challenge Club Landscape Soap Winners!
For the month of March, the Challenge Club tackled landscape soaps – nature scenes from the land, sea or sky. They were all made in log molds so that when the soap was cut, you could see the design inside. […]
Coffee Soap Lather Test Update
It’s been nine days since I did the lather test comparison on the cocoa butter vs. kokum butter coffee soaps, so I figured it was time for an update! If you missed that post, it’s located HERE. Basically, all of […]
February Challenge Club Winners Announced!
For February, the Soap Challenge Club technique was the DNA/helix swirl. This swirl was originally created in a log mold by Sabine of Soap Star, with design credit for the slab mold version by Challenge Club member Amy B. in […]
Re-formulating My Cold-Process Recipe, part 3
If you missed part 1 and 2, they are located HERE and HERE. I’ve done six variations of recipes with lard and/or tallow since Part 2. So far, I still like the way the tallow performs in the soap and […]
Re-formulating My Cold-Process Soap Recipe, part 2
If you missed part 1, you can read it HERE. After hearing back from my readers, my thoughts about lard and tallow are definitely being challenged! I have been learning about the benefits of both from Katrina Kimball of Sego […]
Butterfly Swirl Winners Announced!
The butterfly swirl challenge was pretty incredible! We had 154 members from all over the world this month, and many of them created several batches of soap to get the best possible butterfly swirl. Everyone’s hard work paid off, because […]
Re-formulating My Cold-Process Soap Recipe, Part 1
I’ve been using the same basic recipe for four years now. I added some stearic acid after a review from a highly respected soapmaker felt that my fully cured soap melted away too quickly. It helped some, but I think […]
How I Saved This Soap
I had a near disaster a couple days ago when I was attempting to re-make the butterfly swirl soap I created for the January Soap Challenge Club. I decided it turned out so beautifully that I would need to have […]
Check Out These Spoon Swirls!!
We had 116 soapmakers from all over the world come together for the December Challenge Club! Our technique was the simple spoon swirl which involves pouring various layers of soap, then using a spoon (or chopstick) to fold the soap […]